...just wait for the bills from millions of illegals to hit the system.
Paperwork is one thing, but DEI Doctors are more concerning.
Doctors and the AMA sold their souls. They are no longer trustworthy. They are no different than the Teamsters, IMO.
Most normal people do not understand how close the system is to collapse.
We all know what the problem is.
What do you think was going to happen when you demonize heterosexual White men and accuse them of being racist all the time?
There’s been a considerable population increase in this country without a corresponding increase in the number of doctors. You can thank the medical establishment for this as they limit the number of medical schools available.
Once again, problems are driven by GOVERNMENT.
Medicaid drives emergency room visits. There is every incentive, even for the slightest problem, to go to the emergency room. Our marxist betters in DC have also wrapped up this economic incentive problem with “race and equity” as well, as if to make the problem completely un-fixable.
Insurance companies are pure evil, and in it only for the money. Yes, they do pay for some things, but they do not intend to lose a penny. They have caused prices in medical care, medications, and devices to skyrocket. They determine how much hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, and medical suppliers can charge, some of the largest of them have bought up said businesses. Of course, obamacare is at the root of their increased power. It would be very interesting to know how much stock in these companies Obama and the authors of obamacare (and the legislators who approved it) own. Pure corruption.
Thanks Obunghole!
Several years ago I was trying to break up a toilet tank with a hammer so it would fit in a garbage can. A very sharp shard opened up my wrist so, bound with paper towels and electrical tape it was off to the ER. Fortunately, the cut missed major blood vessels and just nicked some tenons. It opened up a few inches. I waited 4 hrs to get a dozen staples to close it up. Every time I came close to seeing a doc, another uninsured gunshot wounded gang banger would show up. Spent 4K. (deductable was about that number as Obama care let me keep my plan (at twice the deductable))
Obie care…
My wife a Stage IV cancer survivor is having gall bladder problems that sent us to the ER last week and to surgery next week.
It is unbelievable how much the system has changed.
And it has nothing to do with doctors but the system itself is unbelievably bad...
The average wait time to see a doctor has increased since 2017 and continued to rise after the demand spike brought on by COVID-19. A survey conducted by AMN Healthcare in 2022 of 15 large metro markets revealed the average time to see a physician was 26 days—an 8 percent increase from 2017 and a 24 percent spike since 2004.
The above is why a 50 something age wise couple/friends have gone to Amazon’s medical phone service for his seasonal allergies versus the big health provider and her minor medical needs both with a 3-5 week wait.
He recently used them for his seasonal allergy medical needs and was pleased.
Their adult daughters are satisfied with their care in their out of state medical needs.
Obembacare is giving a license to steal to the entire, medical community.
My wife says that that is the only way to get our tax money back from the crooks.
She may be correct.
Barry the Marxist Muslim destroyed the Healthcare industry in this country. I have Kaiser but I refuse to use it unless it is a real emergency. So I go to my regular doctor using my AZ address and tell them I have No Insurance, I get in immediately, Pay Cash and walk away for 10%-20% of the normal price for EVERYTHING.
In the 1990’s I lived and worked for three years in Europe with health coverage provided by a government/employer/employee funded insurer. During that time our twin girls were born and they had pre and post natal and pediatric care, and my wife PT and kinesiologic recovery. At almost no out of pocket expense for us.
The hospital care was excellent, doctors and therapists made house calls to our apartment, and when we visited their offices the people there were the doctor hin or herself and (maybe) a receptionist. It was clear that they didn’t have anything like the government and insurance bureaucracy to navigate we have here. And it’s likely that their medical education didn’t put them a million or so dollars in debt before beginning to practice, or require $thousands in malpractice insurance for protection from predatory lawyers.
We can look down on systems that are messed up in other ways, like Canadian rationed care or the NHS. But our healthcare system is a bloated mess. You have to see how things are done some places elsewhere to realize how completely screwed up it truly is. Talking to some other current or former expats, you’ll probably get a similar point of view.
The rest of the article is behind a paywall, but in response to the excerpt:
- More medical students choose to become specialists now. Primary care doctors earn less money, and they must spend more time on paperwork.
- For a long time, the AMA has successfully lobbied to limit the number of doctors by reducing the number of medical schools, etc.
- While the number of primary care doctors is dropping, the number of nurse practitioners is growing.
In many cases, NPs, physician assistants, nurses, and techs already do most of the work, while the specialist consults and oversees everything.
The real question is, will we have enough surgeons?
As for insurance... Hospitals/doctors try to get as much money as possible from insurance companies, and insurance companies try to pay out as little as possible. That’s the nature of the game.
5 month wait to see the dermatologist in Florida recently. Thanks Obama.
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They’re not doctors. They’re pharmaceutical salesmen...